Folding washbasin provided with article intercepting plate



y 1950 H. A. BUNKER 2,513,624

FOLDING WASHBASIN PROVIDED wrm ARTICLE mmacspwmc PLATE Filed Jan. 26, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR HARRYABUNKER BWMAW%fl Z7% ATTORNEY y 4, 1950 H; A. BUNKER 2,513,624

FOLDING WASHBASIN PROVIDED WITH ARTICLE INTERCEPTING PLATE Filed Jan. 26, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR (.A-BU N KER ATTORNEY Patented July 4, 1950 7 UNITED; STATES PATENT o-FF-ICE' FoLDINawAsHBAsmrrnovmnpwlcrn ARTICLE'INTERGEPTING BLATE r Harry Alfred Bunker, St. Lambert; Quebec, Canada-,::assignor to The Rob'ertMitchell-Company Limited; Montreal;- Quebec, :Ganadafi" r Application January 2c, 1949; serial Noi'vassv.

positicn within the basin cab'irietany objects which have inadvertently been left in the basin bythe' user-will drop out of the basin --to inaccessible positions .in the" lower portion of the cabinet enclosing the *'-basin and *its plumbing connections- With this in-mi'nd the primary object of .the present invention is to provide a generally improved folding wash-=basin of the type referred to in which the basin isequipped withl-an. article retaining attachment which, when: fthe basin is swung to its vertical out-ofthe-way position within the basin 'cabinet,--serves to intercept andsupport'any articles which drop from the basin so that said articles may be readily retrieved when "the basin is swung out 'ofthe -basin cabinet-to its horizontal position of use.

Other objects, advantages and characteristic features of the invention will be more readily understood from the following detaileddescription of the accompanying drawings, in which Fig 1 is a vertical sectional View of a folding wash basin installation embodying my invention. In this view the wash basin is shown swung to its vertical, out-of-the-way position within the wash basin cabinet.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the wash basin swung to a horizontal position projecting outwardly from the wash basin cabinet.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken substantially along the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 designates a wash basin cabinet presenting a wash basin receiving compartment 6 defined by top wall 1, a rear wall 8 and side walls 9 and having a front opening ID. The portion of the cabinet which lies below the opening 10 serves as an enclosure for the wash basin plumbing connections which are not shown herein since these connections form no part of the invention and may be made in accordance with conventional practice.

A wash basin supporting and enclosing casing 12 is mounted to swing about a horizontal axis 2 -v so that it' may be -swungto 'a vertical outof-theway p'ositiori withiiithe wash" basincompartment '6 "as'show'n in Figfil, or to a horizontal position extending outwardly from the lower portion of said 'compartment 'as shown in Fig. 2. Theeasing-dZbOnipiises-a top-wall [3, a bottom wall 14!, a front wall t5 'andsid wallslfifi'lhe top wall I 3 is provided with an opening I"! beneath-which a wash"basin"l8 fs-positionedthe rim of the *b-as'i-n beingsecured in any suitable manner 'to that' portionof the topwall' lfl of'casing I'Zwhich borders the opening H-J I t The wash basin supporting casingl2 is carried by a pair of swinging brackets i9 only one of which is-shown in'the drawings. These brackets l9 are arranged close to the opposite "side-walls ('6' 0f casing I 42' 'and h'ave 'their upper endssecured in' ariy suitable manner'to that portion of the top wall |=3"of casing 'I' 2' which lies rearwardly 'o'f' basin fllfli'I'he lower portion of each bracket [9 is fasteriedby a pivot into a stationary bracket 2 I mountedpn asuitable support 22 'arrangedin the ":wash basin cabinet 5"- ad jacent" the 1 lower portio'nof front openingdo of basin compartment 6a -The" pivots- 20' provide a horizontal axis about which the 'wa'sh basin= la'and its supporting oasings 2 rare fswirrgable from the position: shown in" -Fig'n '1 to the position shown in Fig." 2 and vicei versa'; r

to when .the' washbasin l' B is in the vertic'al'position Fshown in'Fig' 1 it wi'll 'be Iobviousthat;:*in thezfiabsen'ce' :or- 'anyspreventive means, articles which have inadvertently been left in the basin will fall therefrom and drop to an inaccessible position among the plumbing connections or other obstructions housed in that portion of cabinet 5 which lies below the wash basin compartment 6. In order to overcome this difiiculty I provide an article intercepting plate 24 having its lower edge fastened to the rear edge of the top wall l3 of the basin supporting casing l2 by a suitable hinge 25. The upper edge of plate 24 is rolled to provide a tube 26 containing a rod 21 (Fig. 3) which is fixed in the central portion of the tube and terminates in spaced relation to the ends of the tube. A pair of spring projected guide pins 28 are slidably fitted in the ends of tube 26 and are partially projected therefrom by means of coiled compressed springs 29 interposed between the inner ends of the guide pins and the adjacent ends of the fixed rod 21. As shown to advantage in Fig. 3 the guide pins 28 extend outwardly through vertical slots 3| provided in the side walls 9 of basin compartment 6 and are received in vertically extending channel guides 32 which are secured to the walls 9 over said slots. As here shown each channel guide 32 comprises a fiat portion 33 secured to the outer surface of one of the side walls 9 of basin compartment 6 and having a, portion 34 thereof bent into U-form to provide an inwardly facing channel guidecovering; one of the slots 3t. "The springs 29xac'ting againstthe guide pins 28 serve to urge them against the bottoms of the channel guides to prevent rat:

tling.

When basin I8 and its supportingcasing l2 are swung from the horizontal position shown in Fig.

2 to the vertical position shown in Fign-l the lower hingedly connected edge'of the article in tercepting plate 24 travels downwardly along the l acting outwardly against said guide projections.

arcuate path X (Fig. 2) to the position X (Fig. 1) and, at the same time, the upper rolled edge of plate 24 travels downwardly along the, guide channels 34 to the position indicated at X in Fig.

1. Since the plate extends substantially the full width of the wash basin compartment I it will be seen that any articles dropping from the basin in the vertical position thereof will be intercepted and held by the plate 24 so that such articles can easily be retrievedwhen the basin l8 and the plate 24, are returned to the position shown in Fig; 2. v

Having thus described the nature of my invention and a preferred embodiment thereof it I will be understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope and spirit of the appended claims. 1 1

The embodiments of this invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are de- 1 for swinging movement about a horizontal-axis I from a horizontal position in which the wash basin is disposed exteriorly of said compartment to a vertical position in which the washbasin is housed within'said compartment, an article intercepting plate movable with the wash basin and adapted to intercept and support articles dropping from the wash basinwhen the latter is swung to its vertical position within said compartment, means hingedly connecting the lower walls of said compartment being provided with opposed inwardly opening guide channels extendedge of said plate to said washbasimthe side 1115.

ing in a vertical direction and located'immediately adjacent the rear wall of said compartment and plate guiding elements projecting into said channels from opposite ends of the upper edge portion of said plate.

2. A wash basin installation as set forth in :claim 1, in which said guide projections are slid- 'ably supported by said plate and are spring projected into said channels.

3. A wash basin installation as set forth in claim 1, in which the plate is provided with a tubular upper edge portion and in which said guide projections are slidably mounted in said tubular portion and are spring projected into contact with the bottom walls of said channels by springs arranged in the tubular portion of said plate and 4. Awash basin'installation comprising a cabinet having an open-front wash basin receiving compartment bounded by top, side and rear walls,

theside walls being provided with elongated, vertically extending slots located immediately ad- 'jacent the rear wall, and separately formed channel members secured to the outer surfaces of the side walls of said compartment over said slots to provide opposed inwardly opening guide channels, a wash basin, means mounting said wash basin for swinging movement about a horizontal axis located in the lower portion of said compartment, said wash basin being swingable about said axis from a horizontal position disposed exteriorly of said compartmentto a vertical position inwhich the wash basin is housed within said compartment, an article intercepting plate adapted to intercept and support articles dropping from the wash basin when the latter is swung to its vertical position within said compartment, means hingedly connecting the lower edge of said plate to said basin and guide projections extending outwardly from opposite ends of the upper edge of the plate and into the slots and guide channels Number Country Date 13,548 Great Britain June 4, 1910 

